by Anónimo · Alianza · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788420656212
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«El cantar de Roldán» is the anonymous medieval epic poem in a version by Benjamín Jarnés, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
It narrates the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778, when Charlemagne was returning from a military expedition in the Iberian Peninsula and the rearguard of his troops was attacked by Basques. Roland, a knight in the emperor's service, dies in that battle, and the song becomes the most perfect epic of the Carolingian cycle. It describes a medieval warrior universe with values of bravery, honor, loyalty, and religiosity, and gives literary form to events that were transmitted for centuries until achieving great repercussion in tradition, literature, and folklore.
It belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, Literature series (number 5643). The edition includes a study by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua.
Recommended for readers interested in medieval epic poetry, literary classics, and legends of the Carolingian cycle.
Benjamín Jarnés Y Millán was a Spanish writer. Having been a soldier for a decade, he quit the army in 1920 and published his first novel in 1924. His second novel El profesor inútil met with success and was followed by books such as El convidado de papel (1928) and Teoría del zumbel (1930). He was one of the contributors of the Madrid-based Revista de Occidente and the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934.
